University of Wisconsin - Extension

This year's Arlington Dairy Day promises to be one of the best educational programs you could attend this season. Plan now to attend and see a robotic milker in action. The program will also showcase the latest dairy research findings and feature a presentation on the composting of dairy mortalities.

The Fourth Annual Arlington Dairy Day will be held at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station Public Events Center, N695 Hopkins Road, Arlington, WI, on Thursday, December 14. The program is sponsored by the UW-Madison Department of Dairy Science and UW-Extension. Topics presented will include:

NRC Changes: What Do I Need to Know?

Relative Feeding Value of Diverse Corn Silage Hybrids

Reproductive Challenges in Dairy Cattle

New Approach to Estimate Corn Silage Milk-per-Ton Quality Index

Systems for Controlling Feed Inventory and Shrink

Are You Packing Your Bunker Silo Enough?

CLA and the Dairy Industry

Dairy Research Facilities

Freestall Surface/Design

Robotic Milker

Composting: An Alternative for Handling Dairy Mortalities

Optional Tour: New Freestall Barn with Robotic Milker

Arlington Dairy Day brochures with registration form, map and program details are available from your county UW-Extension Office. The brochure is also available on the UW-Madison Dairy Science Web site at http://www.wisc.edu/dysci under "Conferences."

The program registration fee is $20 per person if sent by December 5 and $28 per person if sent after that date or at the door. The fee includes refreshments, lunch and program proceedings. Checks should be made payable to UW-Madison and sent to: Department of Dairy Science, UW Arlington Dairy Day, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1284.

For more information, please contact your county UW-Extension Office; Rita Warden at the UW-Madison Department of Dairy Science, 608-263-9411; or Bob Kaiser at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, 888-698-3326, robert.kaiser@ces.uwex.edu.